Murder of the Mayor of Huanta Víctor Raúl Yangali Castro
The mayor of Huanta, Víctor Raúl Yangali Castro, was assassinated by the PCP-SL in December 1987. This crime was part of the Shining Path's strategy to eliminate local authorities in Ayacucho.
In December 1987, the mayor of Huanta, Victor Raul Yangali Castro, was assassinated by the PCP-SL (Shining Path). This assassination was part of the Shining Path's strategy to eliminate local authorities and state representatives in the region. The event occurred in a context of intensifying internal armed conflict in the area, where municipal authorities were frequent targets of subversive groups. This murder adds to a long list of local authorities executed by the Shining Path in the provinces of Huanta, Huamanga and La Mar during the 1980s.